ap lit vocab 3

blank verse

refers to poetry written in unrhymed but metered lines, almost always iambic pentameter.

closed form

in this poetry the poet follows a set pattern

connotation

the associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word or phrase

couplet

type of poem or part of a poem that uses two lines to express an idea

denotation

the literal meaning of a word

free verse

a form of poetry that does not utilize regular patterns of rhyme, rhythm, or meter

heroic couplet

a set of two lines that rhyme and that is written in iambic pentameter. This means that the lines contain ten syllables each.

irony

a situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality.

meter

the systematic arrangement of language in a series of rhythmic movements involving stressed and unstressed syllables

mood

the overall emotion and atmosphere the author intends the reader to feel while reading the book

motif

a recurring story element with symbolic significance

open form

the poet did not use a rhyme scheme or metrical pattern

pastoral

a work of literature that focuses on the relationship between humanity and nature in a rural environment

rhyme scheme

a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza

rhythm

the recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in the flow of language in a literary work, particularly verse.

scan

a way of listening extremely closely to a poem's rhythm and marking what we hear.

speaker

the voice of the poem, similar to a narrator in fiction

stanza

a division of a poem consisting of two or more lines arranged together as a unit.

syntax

refers to the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence.

tone

a literary device that conveys the author's attitude toward the subject, speaker, or audience of a poem